Dragonaut: The Resonance

This show had a lot going for it: good clean animation, a range of interesting-looking characters, a reasonable story line...and dragons (because we all love dragons...well, I do) The problems arise because all, or at least most, of this potential disappears due to a lack of following through. The characters reveal themselves to be pretty detestable. I said they were interesting-looking, but once they started opening their mouths, well, that's a different matter. The only ones I didn't hate or at least dislike were the ones that never really had enough airtime for me to build up a dislike for them. They were mostly flat and underdevelopedand just plain irritating, although nowhere near as irritating as the protagonists, who just seemed to be very very stupid. Jin and Toa couldn't see beyond how besotted they were with each other (which got really boring really fast), Kazuki couldn't get over his personal (and somewhat jarringly over-the-top) vendetta against Jin, and Gio took most of the series to figure out that three really does make a crowd (admittedly when realisation did eventually dawn on him he proceeded to instigate the highlight of the series by: blowing stuff up - lots of stuff.) The animation was the other thing that really annoyed me. It was fine, there were no real problems with it - until the CG dragons came along (the CG looked very out of place amongst the otherwise perfectly fine artwork), closely followed by massively over-endowed ladies (as in serious spinal injury type bosoms). The only thing that stood out for me above the rest was the music. It was a little generic, but I still enjoyed some of the themes. Overall it was a bit disappointing to say the least, but if you happen to want to watch something with the single intent of picking holes in it and laughing at it, then this is right up your street.

Disappointing. One word to describe this series. The anime starts of well, drawing the attention of the viewers only to let us down in the end. Or should I say, from the second episode. Story: Well, the idea of humans and dragons co-existing with each other really caught my attention. It manages to hold on to it, until everything went downhill, badly. The beginning gives the viewer a fresh feel of what to expect in the series, with an interesting plot to keep us entertained. It starts of with the protagonist being stuck on a space shuttle that is destine to be doomed, but thestory doesn't the focus on that, but focuses on the love between a dragon and a human. It may sound pretty nice at first, but trust me; Dragonaut isn't very nice - not nice at all. The producers throw in a bunch of romance elements in the show, which was (mentioned by another reviewer) great in the beginning, which soon became very annoying and repetitive throughout the anime. The ending, sorry to say didn't end so well, and hopefully a second season won't be thrown in. Art: Now, when I first watched the first episode, the animation was great. The CG didn't really fit in with the 2D animation but it was still enjoyable. However, like I said, that was the first episode. When the show continues on, the animation seemed butchered. Also, this may be added as a fan service, but why the oversized breasts? If this was meant to be fan service, I don't seem to see the service in it. Sound: Watching how bad this anime was, I even forgot how the sound goes, however the sound was not off-tune or neither was catchy. The background music wasn't anything special, the OP and ED are at a reasonable standard. I would probably suggest that you would watch the OP 25 times than watch this rubbish. Character: I must say, all the characters a pretty different from each other. The cast has a vast amount of characters ranging with different personalities. However, most of them are cliché characters; characters we seen from numerous animes. All the characters all have an impact on me, they all piss me off. Kazumi, Jin, Gio, Asim, yes all of them all play a good role in annoying the viewer. Enjoyment: Enjoyment? No, not this anime. The only thing I enjoyed was seeing the show end. I can't say much more than this, I enjoyed the first couple of episodes which had me watching for more, however like I said, and like other reviewers have said, this anime does not deliver. Overall: This anime seem to have a promising start, with great CG and pretty decent animation. This is one anime you don't want to watch. If you have already seen all of it, I suggest you give a pat on your back - you really do deserve it.

Story: The story starts off really giving you feel of a "saving the world" type of story. There's these people called Dragonauts who pilot dragons and are trying to save the world from Thanatos. However, this plot basically gets thrown to the side as the love story between Jin, a human (not a Dragonaut,) and Toa (a dragon.) The romance between them is okay in the beginning, but it quickly becomes so annoying and bothersome. Also, the huge twist in the plot that occurs like a little past half way through the series was a pretty dumb idea. Art: The artwork and animation is okay, but what reallyjust completely ruins it is the CG animation that they use for the dragons. I personally just don't even like CG, but I can usually tolerate it. However, this I couldn't tolerate very well. The dragons just looked so out place and too weird. It really would've been better if they just were normally animated, not CG animated. Sound: The OP and EDs are fine I guess. There's appropriate tunes for the series, so I can't complain there. However, the background isn't all that. I mean, it's not horrible, but they probably could've done a little better with it. Character: Character...oh man, what a disaster. Just like the story, it starts out okay. When you first see the Dragonauts they seem pretty cool and all, and Jin doesn't seem too bad, as well as Toa. However, this quickly changes as well. Jin and Toa and their relationship becomes so lame. Kazuki, Jin's best friend from years ago, who now wants to murder him, becomes possibly the number one most annoying anime character in history, and the other characters really just have no depth to them at all. However, I can't really complain about the character designs too much. Oh wait...yes I can. More than 75% of the females in the show had boobs bigger than Africa. Don't get more wrong, big boobies are great, but this show just kinda ruined it. You'll se what I mean if you watch the show. Enjoyment: The series starts off pretty enjoyable with some pretty decent action and all. However, all too quickly does it start to bore the viewer as it begins to revolve solely around Jin and Toa's horrible relationship and undying love for one another. It just gets so tiresome to watch after a while.

Like said in other reviews... it started off good then went downhill from episode 2... seemingly like its saying I'm getting worse... stay with me... it was a decent story to begin with... but the horrible CG just ruined it 4 me..... story: overall it was a nice story....if not typical... but hey... how many ways is there to make this kind of genre... anyways it started out good... but as it progressed it became diluted with plot holes and things that seemed just thrown in here and there... overall it just didn't add up for me... in the end it was the characters that seemflat and each episode didn't seem to line up in terms of development... mainly with the main characters Jin and Toa... from their first meeting they in love and the rest of the time its just repeating the same scene over and over from my perspective.... art: the art was very nice for me... nicely drawn characters and backgrounds... but when the CG comes in close your eyes because its like throwing water over a beautiful water painting... the CG is just horrible compared to the other animation.... in itself the CG isn't bad.. but when its added to this show it becomes an eyesore... i generally skipped through the CG scenes because it just seems like it doesn't fit.... if the battle scenes were drawn in regular animation it would have been much more enjoyable... sound: I don't generally care much for op's and endings because generally they have nothing to do with the story or anything else for that matter....but generally speaking the sound was good except for the generic sounds during the CG battles... the background music was nice during serious scenes but the flat characters seemed to ruin it... character: only thing i will say here is the characters were horrible..from the first few episodes i expected the characters to grow and develop along with the story... well i was madly mistaken.... from the first time they are introduced... nearly all of them never change from the first 10 seconds... i found that rather annoying.... enjoyment: the first half was very enjoyable... the a rather UN-enjoyable plot twist and time skip.... then it's down hill from there and you almost have to force yourself to keep watching... if you like this type of genre than by all means give it a try and you might find it very enjoyable overall....myself i enjoy anime based on the characters... overall: overall this is a great show if you like this kind of genre... as for me i like shows based on characters and the interactions of them.... so this show for me only gets a 6 overall... don't get me wrong... for its genre it was a good... as for overall taste its very lacking in ways of character and romance and such.... if you like then genre then by all means give it a try because you are probably going to enjoy it... but if you are looking for great characters and romance and a good overall plot... this show isn't for you... and don't waste your time.....

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